The minister of information, Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah has written to the National Media Commission (NMC) to take note of the activities of money doublers on TV and act appropriate to tackle them.
According to him “the Ghana Cedi which is produced under the authority of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) cannot and ought not to be duplicated” hence the need for action to be taken to curtail such fraudulent acts.
He said the BOG and NMC has a responsibility to take a view of such acts on televisions and act accordingly.
Before the invention of television, information was mainly gathered from libraries, newspapers and radios. However, these sources lacked visual stimulation through animated illustrations. Without the tediousness of distributing newspapers or having to travel to libraries relatively far from home, the television provides a convenient medium for citizens to receive information on current events. The efficiency of the television is evident in a large amount of information that can convey in a relatively shorter amount of time compared to reading the papers. From this, it can deduce that the main intention of the television is to educate, entertain and to inform the people about the happenings in the society. That is why television is found in our homes, offices and any other places just to serve individual interests.
However, the introduction of digital platform has turned these purposes in a different direction by some local television stations. The contemporary magic money flaunting by fetish priest on our local television screens is gradually gaining grounds in our system and it is very emotional.
